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Domino Theory coined- Eisenhower - inlight of Vietnam
In order to justify military aid in Greece and Turkey,. Harry Truman proposed that if one of these democratic nations fell, then more will fall as a result -
Geneva Accords
A road map to peace, which included the unification of Vietnam. US, USSR, China, France, and the UK agreed to it. -
Assassination of Diem
U.S coup on South Vietnam president Ngo Dinh Diem. Under Kennedy, the U.S stepped in and tried to fend off the communist south. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
A Northern Vietnamese attack on U.S troops in the Gulf of Tonkin. This allowed LBJ to send more troops to Vietnam and start the Vietnam war -
LBJ ordered 1st troops to Vietnam
the United States first deployed troops to Vietnam in 1965 in response to the Gulf of Tonkin Incident of August 2 and 4, 1964. -
My Lai Massacre
A company of American soldiers brutally killed most of the people women, children and old men in the village of My Lai -
Tet Offensive
A failed rebellion sturred by the Vietcong in South Vietnam. The Tet offensive was successful however by marking a turning point for America's withdrawal from the war. -
Nixon’s Vietnamization policy
A policy in which America prepares their withdrawal by trying to make the South Vietnamese army self reliant -
Kent State shooting
A confrontation between Kent college protestors and the Marines resulted in four students getting shot. This had the same effect as the "shot heard around the world" by becoming an over publicized event -
Nixon sends troops into Cambodia
Nixon promise to bring troops back home, but he would later send troops to Cambodia to help the South fight Vietcon bases. Though Nixon specified that he wasn't invading Cambodia, the media took it as an invasion creating mass riots -
Hard Hat Riot
A confrontation of Anti-war protestors and hard hats that disapproved of the protestor sentiment resulted in a riot. -
Nixon’s Christmas bombing
Nixon tried to push peace talks with North Vietnam by bombing them for a month. This resulted in the Paris Accords ending the U.S involvement -
War Powers Act
As a result of Nixon sending troops to Cambodia, congress passed a law that limited how long a president can send troops without congress's approval -
Paris Peace Accords
The formal end to the Vietnam war, the accords meant that the U.S would leave South Vietnam but the North wouldn't attack the South. The North attacked South unifying Vietnam. -
Saigon Falls
Northen Vietnamese siege on South Vietnam, capturing Saigon ending the Vietnam war
